Given everything has been so negative regarding the impact of Covid-19 - from the obvious deaths and disability, to financial ruin and inequality, there must be some positive impacts.
In a similar manner to wartime, there's been hugely accelerated scientific progress. Incredible that we've developed multiple effective vaccines that have been deployed in the space of the year.
Some of these technologies have the potential to improve healthcare way beyond just infectious diseases. The mRNA vaccine technology and cancer treatment for example. This is going to be in addition to the immunotherapy treatments that are already transforming things like melanoma
There's no doubt it's an ongoing shitshow, and we're not going to see the end of it this year, or even the next, but we're going to be way better equipped to deal with something like this, as well as all kinds of other diseases in the future.
Interested in other potential positive aspects!